News: conferences, events and seminars
This page contains details of conferences, events and seminars either organised and run by SLSA members or of interest to them.
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Latest events . . .
SLSA events
Reforming Legal and Policy Responses to Investigating and Prosecuting Sexual Violence, QUB: registration now open
Disability and Rights: The possibilities and limits of rights discourse under neoliberalism, online: registration now open
Law, Drugs, and the Moving Body, Manchester
Other events
Behind Closed Books: Money laundering in UK insolvency proceedings, Leeds and online
1885 and its Long Shadow: Sexual offences in historical context, online from the Open University
Book discussion: Domestic Violence in Pakistan: The Legal Construction of ‘Bad’ and ‘Mad’ Women, by Daanika Kamal, online hosted by LassNet
First Women Chief Justices in Conversation, Inner Temple, London
Women Who Will – Summer celebration with Lady Hale, Intercontinental, London
Next 100 Years' Sixth Heilbron Lecture, Old Bailey, London
ERC Advanced Grants Webinar, from the British Academy
Open Justice: Fit for purpose, Green Templeton College, Oxford
WG Hart Workshop 2025 Regulating the Global Movement of Care, IALS, London: programme available
Research Methods Rendezvous, online from NCRM
2025
May
He Said, She Said
Date: 31 May 2025
Venue: Tempest Anderson Hall, York
Speaker: Charlotte Proudman, barrister
See website for details.
June
Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking: call for abstracts
Date: 2 June 2025
Venue: online from University of Derby
Registration is free. See announcement for details.
AcSS Annual Lecture given by Professor Mariana Mazzucato
Date: 3 June 2025
Venue: online from the Academy of Social Sciences
See announcement for details.
Open Justice: Fit for purpose
Date: 4 June 2025
Venue: Green Templeton College, Oxford
Speaker: The Honourable Mr Justice Nicklin
See website for details.
5th Annual UK Animal Law Conference
Dates: 4–5 June 2025
Venue: UK Centre for Animal Law and the Animals, Birmingham University
See website for details.
Surrogacy 'Reforms' and Future Reproductive Technologies
Date: 5 June 2025
Venue: University of Greenwich
See website for details.
Two Years On: Assessing the impact of surrogacy 'reforms' on future reproductive technologies
Date: 5 June 2025
Venue: University of Greenwich
See announcement and website for details.
Book discussion: Domestic Violence in Pakistan: The Legal Construction of ‘Bad’ and ‘Mad’ Women, by Daanika Kamal, online hosted by LassNet
Date: 5 June 2025
Venue: online hosted by LassNet
See announcement for details.
Conference on Judicial Activism and Resistance in Eastern Europe and Beyond
Dates: 5–6 June 2025
Venue: Institut d'études européennes, Université libre de Bruxelles
See website for details.
Stories in Law and Law in Stories: The case of assisted dying
Date: 6 June 2025
Venue: University of Southampton
See website for details.
Law and the Critique of Political Economy: 60th Anniversary of Reading Capital
Date: 6–7 June 2025
Venue: Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia
See website for details.
Law and Death
Date: 8 June 2025
Venue: University of York
Speaker: Professor Heather Conway
See website for details.
PLP, Public Law and Technology Conference
Date: 9 June 2025
Venue: Fieldfisher London
See website for details.
Confronting the Housing Crisis: The bold steps needed to deliver affordable homes for all
Date: 9 June 2025
Venue: Prospect Magazine, London, and online
See website for details.
The Rule of Law in a Changing World
Date: 9 June 2-23
Venue: Royal Holloway University of London
Speaker: Baroness Prentis of Banbury, former Attorney General for England and Wales
See website for details.
WG Hart Workshop 2025 Regulating the Global Movement of Care
Dates: 11–12 June 2025
Venue: IALS, Charles Clore House, Russell Square, London
See website and programme for details.
Placing Religion and Sexuality in Conversation not Conflict
Date: 12 June 2025
Venue: University of Bristol
See website for details.
Feminist Jurisprudence Discussion Group Annual Workshop
Date: 13 June 2025
Venue: St Hilda's College, Oxford
See announcement for details.
Legal Action Group Housing Law Conference
Date: 13 June 2025
Venue: BPP University, Holborn, London
See website for details.
Disability and Rights: The possibilities and limits of rights discourse under neoliberalism
Dates: 13–14 June 2025
Venue: online
See registration link for details and to register. This event is supported by the SLSA Seminar Competition and the University of Leicester and organised by the SLSA Disability Law and Social Justice Stream and the Marxism and Disability Network.
Summer Academy for Feminist Legal Studies 2025
Dates: 13–15 June 2025
Venue: University of Hamburg, Germany
See announcement for details.
ERC Advanced Grants Webinar
Date: 17 June 2025
Venue: online from the British Academy
This webinar is for UK-based researchers in the humanities and social sciences interested in applying for ERC grants. See website for details.
First Women Chief Justices in Conversation
Date: 16 June 2025
Venue: Inner Temple, London
See website. Organised by Next 100 Years.
Rethinking Gender, Sexuality, and the Law: A Conversation between Feminist Scholars in Postcolonial South Asia and the UK
Dates: 16–17 June 2025
Venue: Centre of Law and Society, Cardiff University
See announcement for details.
ERC Advanced Grants Webinar
Date: 17 June 2025
Venue: online from the British Academy
This webinar for UK-based researchers in the humanities and social sciences interested in applying for European Research Council (ERC) grants. See webpage for details.
Journalism and the Courts Symposium 2025
Date: 19 June 2025
Venue: University of Salford
See website for details.
UK Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Health
Date: 19 June 2025
Venue: University of Manchester
See website for details.
Reforming Legal and Policy Responses to Investigating and Prosecuting Sexual Violence
Dates: 19–20 June 2025
Venue: Queen's University Belfast
Registration for this in-person event is now open: closing date 9 June 2025. See website for details. This event is supported by the SLSA Seminar Competition.
UK Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Health Conference: Opportunities, challenges and the vulnerabilities of health throughout the life course
Dates: 19–20 June 2025
Venue: University of Manchester
Speakers: Professor Amy T. Campbell, University of Illinois; Dr Nigel Stobbs, Queensland University of Technology; Dr John Stannard, Queen’s University Belfast
See announcement for details.
Justice for the Disappeared
Date: 20 June 2025
Venue: Pembroke College, Oxford
Speaker: Professor Phil Scraton, University of Belfast
See website for details.
British Academy Summer Showcase
Dates: 20–21 June 2025
Venue: British Academy, London
See website for details.
Valuation, Space and Power ECR Workshop
Dates: 23–24 June 2025
Venue: University of Sheffield
See announcement for details.
Rethinking Consent in Light of Scientific and Technological Advances
Date: 24 June 2025
Venue: University of Edinburgh
See website for details.
Women Who Will – Summer celebration with Lady Hale
Date: 25 June 2025
Venue: Intercontinental, London
See website for details. Organised by Next 100 Years.
New Perspectives on Law and Literature
Date: 26 June 2025
Venue: Birkbeck Law School
See website for details.
Minority Languages in Courtrooms the United Kingdom and Ireland
Date: 27 June 2025
Venue: online from University of Aberystwyth and Trinity College Dublin
See website for details.
'Law in Context': Early Career Workshop
Dates: 26–27 June 2025
Venue: Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford
See poster and announcement for details.
The Legal World of Family Migration
Date: 27 June 2025
Venue: online from the Universities of Exeter and Bristol
See announcement for details.
Summer School: Introduction to Experimental Methods in Social Sciences: Surveys, Laboratory and Field Experiments
Dates: 30 June–4 July 2025
Venue: NCRM, University of Southampton
See website for details.
July
Next 100 Years' Sixth Heilbron Lecture
Date: 1 July 2025
Venue: Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, London
Speaker: Dr Rumiana Yotova, University of Cambridge
See website for details.
Workshop: In the Name of National Security: The fragility of human rights
Date: 3 July 2025
Venue: Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, Madrid
Co-hosted by the Centre for Public Law at the University of Cambridge and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. See announcement for details.
The Impeachment of Warren Hastings: The First Governor General of India
Dates: 3–4 July 2025
Venue: University of Worcester
Speaker: Dame Linda Colley
See website for details.
Racial Justice, Equity and Power Conference
Date: 9 July 2025
Venue: University of Suffolk, Ipswich
See website for details.
1885 and its Long Shadow: Sexual offences in historical context
Date: 11 July 2025
Venue: online from the Open University
See website for details. Hosted by The Open University Legal Histories Research Cluster and the British Sociological Association Global Histories and Sociology Study Group.
Behind Closed Books: Money Laundering in UK Insolvency Proceedings
Date: 17 July 2025
Venue: School of Law, University of Leeds and online
See announcement for details. Registration is open.
Taking Secrets to the Grave
Date: 25 July 2025
Venue: Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
See website for details.
2025 Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute
Dates: 28 July–8 August 2025
Venue: Jesus College, Oxford
See website for details.
August
Law, Drugs, and the Moving Body
Date: 25 August 2025
Venue: University of Manchester
See website for details. This event is supported by the SLSA Seminar Competition.
Nordic Law and Gender Conference 2025: Against all odds
Dates: 28–29 August 2025
Venue: University of Copenhagen
See website for details.
September
Critical Legal Conference 2025, University of Exeter: call for papers for 'Law and process' stream
Dates: 4–6 September 2025
Venue: University of Exeter
See call for papers for details. Closing date: 1 August 2025. Registration is now open.
Research Methods Rendezvous
Dates: 10 September and 29 October 2025
Venue: online from NCRM
See website for details.
Responsible AI in Health Care
Dates: 10–12 September 2025
Venue: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
See announcement for details.
The Vulnerable Accused in the Criminal Justice System: call for papers
Dates: 10–11 September 2025
Venue: Cardiff University
See announcement for details. Call closes: 2 June 2025.
Inclusive Legal Education Conference
Date: 11 September 2025
Venue: Leeds Beckett University
See website for details.
25 Years of the Human Rights Act
Date: 18 September 2025
Venue: Liberty Building, University of Leeds
See website for details.
Contemporary Issues and Challenges in Commercial Law: call for papers
Dates: 24–25 September 2025
Venue: Swansea University
See announcement for details. Call closes: 15 June 2025.
October
SAFI Annual Conference
Date: 9–10 October 2025
Venue: University of Amsterdam
Theme: Reimagining Justice
See booklet and website for details. Call extended to 5 June 2025. Bursaries are available: contact the organisers for details.
November
From Binary to Bench: Empowering equal opportunities and AI literacy in global legal education
Date: 5 November 2025
Venue: University of Reading, Whiteknights Campus, and online
See website for details. This is an SLS-funded symposium organised by Dr Melanie Stockton-Brown and Dr Basak Bak.
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December
Resistance and Agency in the Digital Society: Beyond Literacy, transparency, and risk assessment: call for papers
Date: 15 December 2025
Venue: University of Lausanne, Switzerland
See announcement for details of the cfp. This event is the Law and Society Initiative (IDES) Annual Conference. Call closes: 20 June 2025.
2026
March
Modern Studies in Property Law: call for papers
Dates: 30 March–1 April 2026
Venue: University of Southampton
See announcement for details. Call closes: 15 September 2025.